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- Telegram updated its instant messaging app with a new move history tool that allows WhatsApp users to migrate all of their chat data between apps.
- The update follows Facebook’s highly controversial decision to modify the WhatsApp privacy policy so that the social network can collect more user data from WhatsApp.
- Millions of people have downloaded Signal and Telegram in response to the privacy changes, and Telegram’s new feature will make it easier for groups and families to leave WhatsApp without losing some of their favorite conversations.
A few weeks ago, Facebook informed WhatsApp users that a new privacy policy would come into effect soon to allow WhatsApp to collect and share user data with its parent company. The only way to opt out of the feature was to quit using the app, Facebook said. And that’s what many WhatsApp users started doing. While leaving WhatsApp seems impossible, unless you convince all your contacts to ditch the service, it is possible to replace popular instant messaging apps. Millions of people downloaded Signal and Telegram in response to WhatsApp’s new privacy policy, forcing Facebook to defend its decision.
The WhatsApp privacy change has been postponed by three months, so WhatsApp users have until May to agree to it or switch to something else. Facebook insists that none of the privacy protections that WhatsApp users appreciate are going away. The chats and calls will continue to be end-to-end encrypted as before. But WhatsApp will still share user data with Facebook, and that might be all users need to seek an alternative. While Facebook is putting out this fire, Signal and Telegram make it even easier for users to ditch WhatsApp. And the latter now lets you take all your chat data with you too.
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